by Peace | Aug 23, 2020 | Vrede en oorlog
Brahim Khudeda 21 years old, Qadia Camp We were thinking about how to live, how to pass our days … We never hated anyone and didn’t hurt anybody. Everything changed in one night. Before that sad night, we had heard about ISIS and what they were doing to people...
by Peace | Jul 28, 2020 | Vrede en oorlog, Zimbabwe
A blog by a guest editor from Zimbabwe, Crab Nhari (pseudonym). Zimbabwe is a country in Southern Africa which gained independence from colonial rule in 1980. It has a population of around 15 million, 52% being females and 48% males. The population is young, around...
by Peace | Jul 6, 2020 | Vrede en oorlog
I am Lizzie Atong, I was born in South Sudan and raised in Kenya. I am 22 years old. We’ve been longing for peace in South Sudan for a very long time Many South Sudanese have been killed during the war. I still haven’t lost hope yet. One day South Sudan...
by Peace | Jun 4, 2020 | May-May Meijer, Vrede en oorlog
The symbolic Doomsday Clock is set at 100 seconds to midnight, where midnight represents humanity obliterating itself. According to the statement of the president and CEO of the Science and Security Board Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Rachel Bronson, there are...
by Jason Sindram | May 20, 2020 | Vrede en oorlog
Francois Zankeh lives in Turkey and writes about Syria, 20 May 2020 This is a call for peace from Francois Zankeh. He lived in Syria and was victim of a violent kidnapping. His life goal is to achieve peace through nonviolent means. The world is losing a lot due to...
by Peace | Apr 21, 2020 | Vrede en oorlog
10 April 2020, Marleen Mauritz, Russian Federation Marleen Mauritz (1969) worked in the Caucasus, North Ossetia, from September 1995 till May 1996. Although it is a while ago, we think that the wisdom she gained from it in peacemaking is universal and can still be...